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Trans billionaire sends pointed message to Tennessee GOP

The world’s first transgender billionaire is sending a pointed message to Tennessee legislators and the music industry is joining in the chorus. Republican state legislators have launched multiple vicious attacks on the LGBTQ community this year, spurring backlash by…

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What’s behind the huge LGBT pay gap and unemployment

Although it has received less attention than other notable pay gaps, data shows that pay gaps exist for LGBTQ+ communities in the United States. National studies of discrimination in the private and public sectors have noted widespread employment discrimination going…

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Start your day with a bowl of heart-shaped Pride cereal

Kellogg’s is launching a limited edition LGBT-themed cereal in celebration of Pride, so you can start your day with the breakfast of champions: glitter. The company teamed up with GLAAD to create the special cereal, “Together with Pride”, which is…

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Corporate leaders decry anti-LGBT legislative moves in US

Top executives from four of the largest food companies came together to condemn the growing number of anti-LGBTQ bills under consideration in U.S. state legislatures, including those that target transgender people and particularly children.  In an open letter published Wednesday in USA Today…

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America’s remaining lesbian bars are barely hanging on

It took Denise Cohen over two years to open Philadelphia’s last lesbian bar, the Toasted Walnut, and just 10 months for the Covid-19 pandemic to shut it down forever. “There is that hopelessness, that sense of loss that, you know…

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Dole risks backlash for ‘Sunshine For All’ diversity campaign

Why would the largest producer of fruits and vegetables on earth promote a product with commercials featuring gay couples, and risk alienating consumers who say they are opposed to the so-called “LGBTQ lifestyle”? “If you’re a company that believes in…